BWK Solicitors are a modern, ambitious and fast-growing law firm providing legal services located in Buckinghamshire, with with offices in Chalfont St Giles, Stone (Aylesbury) & Princes Risborough.
Join our team
We are looking to recruit talented people that can grow with us and share and contribute to our success.
If you are ambitious, forward-thinking and ready to join a law firm that is fast-paced and friendly then we would love to hear from you.
Our current vacancies are detailed in the section below.
Current vacancies
Conveyancing legal assistant
The organisation
BWK Solicitors is a modern, friendly and fast-growing law firm located in Buckinghamshire.
The role
As a Legal Assistant you will support our highly experienced team who deals with a broad caseload of Residential and Commercial Property matters. Duties will include; opening of files, preparing client care documents, liaising with clients to complete their onboarding process including ID checks and payment on account; file closures including review of ledgers to check for balances and accounting to clients as appropriate, reviewing documents on any paper file to send to clients and uploading completed registrations to lender portals as appropriate. The role will also include some light reception duties to cover where appropriate and answering of external calls.
There may be scope to increase these responsibilities depending on experience and workloads at the time alongside the needs of the wider team.
The ideal candidate must be highly organised, ideally previously worked in a similar role, be a team player and an excellent communicator.
Experience, skills and attributes
- A legal secretary with experience of supporting a team of Property Lawyers
- Touch, audio and digital dictation typing (preferably 60 WPM)
- Production of letters and legal documents
- Handling incoming telephone queries
- General office duties such as photocopying, filing, scanning
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- High level of attention to detail
- IT literacy – Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook etc.
- Strong communication skill
- Enjoy working in a fast paced and fun environment
- Salary is competitive and negotiable dependent on experience
Candidates will need to live in or be able to commute easily to Stone (just outside Aylesbury), or Chalfont st Giles, Buckinghamshire.
Does this sound like you? If yes, then please apply now by sending your CV and covering letter to MagsD@BWKsolicitors.co.uk
Residential Property Lawyer job description
The organisation
BWK Solicitors is a modern, friendly and fast-growing law firm located in Buckinghamshire.
The Role:
- Conduct of matters on behalf of clients in residential conveyancing.
- Freehold and Leasehold sales and purchases
- Remortgages
- Newbuild purchases
- Shared ownership purchases
- Transfer of Equity
- First Registrations
- Assents
- Repayment of Help to Buy Loans
- Maintaining orderly and up-to-date files including electronic files and complying with the company’s policies on file management supported by the Company’s case management system
- Management of a residential conveyancing file from opening right through to closure to include:
- Preparing client care paperwork
- Completing client onboarding
- Drafting Contract packs on a sale
- Receiving and answering pre-Contract enquiries whilst liaising with the client and third parties for responses on a sale
- Title checking and raising of enquiries and searches on a purchase
- Reporting to client on title and search results
- Reporting on mortgage documents
- Reviewing replies to enquiries and reporting to clients
- Finalising Contract and associated documents and arranging for these to be signed by clients
- Liaising with any management company or landlord on pre-exchange and post-completion formalities
- Exchange of Contracts
- All post-exchange formalities
- Completion
- Post-completion working including registration and any liaison with management company’s/landlords
- File closure procedures including financial ledger review
- Completing all compliance and risk management processes in line with the Company’s policies and procedures
- Reporting to the Head of Department
- Meeting financial targets
- Business development to develop your own caseload and increase revenue for the firm
Experience
Ideally the candidate will have 2-5 years PQE within Residential Conveyancing and be used to managing a varied caseload with minimal supervision or administrative support.
Skills
- IT literate in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
- Used case management systems
- Been client facing – including meeting clients in person
- Keen to grow and develop their knowledge and skills
Progress
There is scope for the right candidate to be put on a path for career development into management roles in the future depending on experience and your own career development plans
Candidates will need to live in or be able to commute easily to Stone (just outside Aylesbury), or Chalfont st Giles, Buckinghamshire.
Does this sound like you? If yes, then please apply now by sending your CV and covering letter to MagsD@BWKsolicitors.co.uk
Private Client solicitor
BWK Solicitors is a modern, ambitious and fast-growing law firm located in Buckinghamshire. We are looking for an ambitious and dedicated solicitor of circa 2-3 years PQE to join our busy Private Client department (full-time) or a much more experienced PC Solicitor who is interested in working 3 days a week.
Reporting to the Head of Private Client, the successful candidate will be bright, ambitious and technically competent in all areas of Private Client law.
In this role you will advise clients on Wills, Estate Administration, Court of Protection, LPAs, Drafting Deeds of Variation, Inheritance Tax Planning and Trusts.
Skills and Attributes
- Outstanding communication
- Confident in handling your own caseload
- Excellent organisational skills – particularly diary, file and time management
- Ability to use initiative
- A friendly, positive and proactive approach
- IT skills including Outlook, Word & Excel
- Approachable and empathetic
- Team player
Benefits
- 25 days holiday
- 8 Bank holidays
- Medical Insurance
- Christmas office closure
- Standard pension
- 3 months probationary period with a three month notice period thereafter
- Free parking at the Stone office
Salary
Competitive (Depending on Experience)
We are looking for a talented person that can grow, share and contribute to our success. If you are genuinely passionate about this area of law, forward-thinking and ready to join a law firm that is fast-paced with a friendly atmosphere, then we would love to hear from you.
If this role is of interest to you, please send your CV and covering letter to Mags Desai at MagsD@BWKsolicitors.co.uk
What we offer
- Competitive salary package and development opportunities
- A fantastic set up and team to support you
- Positive encouragement to develop your career and help our firm to differentiate itself
Our team
All of our people:
- Care about clients and fellow staff
- Work hard
- Maintain their sense of humour and personality
- Work together as an effective team to provide a top-quality service
- Know that to progress and achieve, we need our individuals to continually improve and grow.